Outlines by London Minister Zechariah 11:6-7 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, said the LORD: but, see, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor's hand… I. UNITY FROM UNION WITH GOD IS NATIONAL BEAUTY. It is the union of the members of the body with the head which gives to the entire frame its dignity and beauty. A headless trunk has no beauty, but when body and limbs are fitly framed together, that symmetry is attained which God intended. The beauty of a tree consists in the union of branches by union with the trunk. The unity of the Hebrew nation was destroyed by their wilful severance of them selves from their Divine Head. Lack of union with God brought discord into the nation and destroyed their national beauty (Psalm 133.). II. MEN MUST HAVE A SOUL SHEPHERD, AND WHEN GOD IS REJECTED THEY MUST HAVE A BAD ONE. If a road is known to one person only, any other man who offers to guide the traveller must be his enemy. If a man is deeply wounded, he must have help from some one outside himself, and the quack who undertakes to heal him, and is ignorant of the proper way to treat him, will be likely to be his murderer. There is but one Being who is acquainted with the soul's needs; if He is rejected, any other must harm the soul. God claims to be the only Saviour. "There is none beside Me" (Isaiah 45:21). Christ warned Israel against false shepherds, yet, as a nation, they chose them and rejected Him, and as He only could really lead and feed them, their choice necessarily issued in their ruin. III. SIN DISINHERITS MEN AND NATIONS OF THEIR GOD-GIVEN PORTION. (Outlines by London Minister.) Parallel Verses KJV: For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them. |
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